By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON — Freedom High announced on Monday it has cancelled its first junior varsity and varsity football games of the year due to COVID. Patriots athletic director Antonio Lyerly said Thursday’s Crest at Freedom JV game won’t be played and Friday’s Freedom at Crest varsity game is also off. He said the moves were COVID-related, and …
HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: This week’s varsity events (other than football)
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS VARSITY SCHEDULE (All sports except varsity and junior varsity football; those schedules are posted separately) A schedule of varsity high school sports events for this week, compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com from schedules provided by each school in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A and Northwestern 3A-4A. Game times are included, if available, and are subject to …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Thursday’s junior varsity games
HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 (all games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted) Alexander Central at Hickory Bandys at St. Stephens Bunker Hill at Cramer Carson at Statesville Crest at Freedom. cancelled (COVID-related) Draughn at Thomas Jefferson Academy Hibriten at E. Lincoln Maiden at Fred T. Foard, 7:30 p.m. N. Iredell at S. Iredell Patton …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Jarrett’s 8th homer helps Norfolk sweep Memphis
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Zach Jarrett’s eighth home run of the season — a fourth-inning, two-out solo shot — helped Norfolk (Va.) beat visiting Memphis 3-1 on Sunday to sweep a doubleheader. Jarrett did not play in the first game on Sunday, won 5-1 by the Tides. He started in centerfield and batted seventh in the second game, going 1-for-3 …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal hit hard in relief in Mississippi’s loss
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal threw strikes on Sunday — 17 times in 20 pitches — but Biloxi (Miss.) hit him hard in an 11-3 victory at Mississippi. Making his third appearance in relief, Deal went 1 2/3 innings and allowed five hits, four runs (all earned) with no walks or strikeouts. He is 3-2 with an ERA of …